What Lies Inside the Circle
Meadoe Hora
Type: Beta project
Genre: Historical fiction
Word count: 80,000
Aspiring journalist Evie arrives at a small resort town in 1936 Wisconsin to chase local legends. When she investigates a girl’s impossible disappearance into a “fairy circle,” she learns the woods hide deadly secrets. It’s about stories—whose get told, and how far Evie will go to make hers count.
In 1936 Wisconsin, Evie dreams of becoming a reporter like her hero, Nellie Bly. When she’s accepted into the Wisconsin Folklore Project, she sees her chance to make her mark and escape the safe future her family expects. When Evie arrives at her family’s remote cabin, she finds a community haunted by more than hard times. It may be hiding a very real crime.
She hears about a young woman who vanished through a fairy circle five years earlier. Evie sees it as her big break. The deeper she digs, the more the fairy tale unravels, revealing secrets tied to the town’s Prohibition-era bootlegging past and to Jack, a quiet bartender whose kindness hides shadows of his own.
As warnings turn to threats, Evie must decide how far she’ll go for the truth.
Because this isn’t just about a missing woman. It’s about stories—whose get told, and how far Evie will go to make hers count.
Meadoe Hora is a writer, working mom, dog rescuer, and lover of beautiful words. She writes books for teens with strong female leads and classic mythology. She is the author of the Ariadne’s Crown and the Furious Legacy series and the standalone gothic story, Echoes of the Oval Portrait. In addition, her work has appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Literary Mama, Sweatpants and Coffee, and other websites. She lives in the US (WI) with her family, two spoiled basset hounds and a black lab who may or may not be a hellhound.
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